Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
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